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(Causes of lower back pain include: Kidney deficiency, Damp-Heat, Phlegm-Qi stagnation, Blood stasis, Sprain/Dislocation, Wind-Cold)

【Deficiency and Damage】 [Grass Category] Psoraleae Fructus (Buphthalmum seed) (Treats bone marrow injury and degeneration, coldness in waist and knees. For lower back pain due to Kidney deficiency, grind into powder, take with wine; or combine with Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong) and Juglans regia (Walnut), make into pills; for lower back pain during pregnancy, grind into powder, take with Walnut and wine.) Chrysanthemi Flos (Treats intermittent aching pain in the waist.) Folium Artemisiae Argyi (Treats Dai Mai pathology causing a sensation of the waist melting like sitting in water.) Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi) (Tonifies Yang deficiency in the Lower Jiao.) Tribuli Fructus (Tribulus) (Tonifies the Kidney, treats lower back pain and Ben Tun (Rush Qi) from Kidney Qi, take as honeyed pills.) Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae (Bixie) (Treats stiffness and pain in the lumbar spine, male lower back pain, chronic cold bi syndrome with softness; combine with Eucommiae Cortex powder, take with decoction.) Cibotii Rhizoma (Gouji), Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma (Baqia), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi), Cistanches Herba (Roucongrong), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma), Cnidii Fructus (Shechuangzi), Dendrobii Caulis (Shihu) [Cereals and Vegetables Category] Dioscoreae oppositae Rhizoma (Shanyao) (All treat strong pain in the waist and knees of men, tonify the Kidney and benefit essence.) Allii Tuberosi Semen (Jiu Zi) (Take with Anxi Xiang Wan.) Foeniculi Fructus (Huixiang) (For lower back pain due to Kidney deficiency, roast Pig Kidney and eat; for stabbing pain in the waist, take Powder of Foeniculum vulgare, drink with salt water; or add Eucommiae Cortex and Costi Rhizoma, externally apply hot stir-fried glutinous rice.) Zingiberis Rhizoma Dryus (Ganjiang), Polygoni Avicularis Herba (Bianxu), Sesami Nigris Semen (Huma) [Fruit and Tree Category] Juglandis Semen (Hetao) (For lower back pain due to Kidney deficiency, combine with Psoraleae Fructus to make pills.) Castaneae Chinensis Fructus (Lizi) (For inability to move waist and legs due to Kidney deficiency. Eat dried ones daily.) Crataegi Fructus (Shanzha) (For lower back pain in the elderly, combine with Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum (Lurong) to make pills.) Pistacia vera (Ayuheunzi), Nelumbinis Semen (Lianshi), Euryales Semen (Qianshi), Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang), Olibanum (Ruxiang) (All tonify the waist, knees, and Mingmen.) Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong) (For cold pain due to Kidney deficiency, decoct juice, cook Sheep Kidney into soup. Take infused in wine. Grind into powder, take with wine. This is Qing'e Wan.) Lycii Radicis Cortex (Gouqigen) (Combine with Eucommiae Cortex and Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae, infuse in wine.) Acanthopanacis Senticosi Cortex (Wujia Pi) (Treats invasion by Thief Wind, soft feet and lower back pain, removes old blood stasis.) Platycodoni Semen (Baishi) (Treats heavy pain in the waist, cold in the Kidney, cold pus and retained water in the Bladder.) Corni Fructus (Shanzhuyu), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guizhi) [Shell and Beast Category] Testudinis et Carapax et Plastrum (Guijia) (All treat cold pain in the waist and Kidney.) Trionycis Carapax (Biejia) (Sudden lower back pain, unable to bend or straighten, roast, grind into powder, take with wine.) Sus Ren (Pig Kidney) (For empty pain in the waist, wrap Eucommiae Cortex powder inside and roast to eat.) Ovillus Ren (Sheep Kidney) (Grind into powder, take with wine. For hard kidneys in the elderly, roast with Eucommiae Cortex and eat.) Capris/Capis Head, Hooves, and Vertebral Column (Cook with Garlic and Scallion. Cook with Cistanches Herba and Tsaoko Fructus.) Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum (Lurong) (Combine with Cuscutae Semen and Foeniculi Fructus to make pills. Cook with Dioscoreae oppositae Rhizoma and drink wine.) Cervi Cornu (Lujiao) (Roast, grind, take with wine, or infuse in wine.) Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum (Elk) (Take with wine.) Pantheris Tibia (Hujingggu) (Roast with butter, infuse in wine and drink.)

【Damp-Heat】 [Grass Category] Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhimu) (Treats lower back pain, drains Kidney Fire.) Polygonati Ramecum (Weirui) (Treats Damp-Toxin lower back pain.) Saposhnikoviae Radix (Weilingxian) (Treats retained pus and bad fluids, cold pain in waist and knees, take one qian with wine to promote drainage. Or make into pills.) Pseudostellariae Radix? No, Qingmuxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum? No, Pseudosasa Arundinacea Root? Actually Qingmuxiang is Aucklandiae Radix). Treats Qi stagnation lower back pain, combine with Olibanum, take with wine. Kochiae Spica (Difuzi) (Treats chronic lower back pain that comes and goes, grind into powder, take with wine, 5-6 times a day.) Bufo Bufo Glandula? No, Hamaca Cao (Toad Grass/Plant). Treats Dampness lower back pain, boil with Scallion and Jujube, make wine, take regularly. Pharbitidis Semen (Qianniu Zi) (Removes Damp-Heat Qi stagnation, lower back pain... [Text incomplete]). Peach Flower (Taohua) (Treats Dampness lower back pain, take one qian with wine, disappears overnight. Or make into wine.) Arecae Semen (Binglang) (Treats heavy pain in the waist, grind into powder, take with wine.) Cucumis Melo Semen (Tianguazi) (Treats waist and leg pain, soak in wine, take powder.) Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina (Zaojiazi) (Treats wind-pain in waist and feet, roast with butter, make into pills.) Pruni Semen (Yuliren) (Ventilate cold pus in waist and hips.) Poria (Fuling) (Promotes blood circulation in the waist and umbilicus.) Spatholobi Caulis (Haitongpi) (Treats Wind-Toxin waist and knee pain.) Taxilli Herba (Sangjisheng) [Shell and Beast Category] Mytilus Edulis (Dancai) (Treats lower back pain with rib tightness.) Clam Shell (Haige), Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang)

【Wind-Cold】 Notopterygii Rhizoma (Qianghuo), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang) (Treats Taiyang disease with lumbar spine pain.) Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma (Ben) (Treats one hundred and sixty types of evil wind and Gui Zhu, flowing into lower back pain.)

【Blood Stasis】 [Grass and Grain Category] Corydalis Rhizoma (Yanhusuo) (Stops sudden lower back pain, invigorates blood and promotes Qi, combine with Angelicae Sinensis Radix and Cinnamomi Ramulus powder, take with wine.) Nelumbinis Radix Rhizoma (He Gen) (Treats female lower back pain, crush and take juice.) Glycyrrhizae Radix (Gancao), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao), Moutan Cortex (Mudan), Agrimoniae Herba (Zelan), Elsholtziae Herba (Luhuo) (All treat female lower back pain due to blood discharge.) Atractylodis Rhizoma (Zhu) (Promotes blood in waist and umbilicus, tonifies waist and knees.) Anlver Seed? Anlu Zi (Anlver Seed). Treats sprain pain, mash with wine. Kansui Radix (Gansui) (Treats sprain pain, roast in Pig Kidney.) Dipsaci Radix (Xuduan) (Treats fractures/dislocations, evil blood lower back pain.) Saccharomyces (Shenqu) (Treats sprain, quench in Hongqu wine.) Anethi Fructus (Shiluo) (Treats sprain, take two qian with wine.) Lactuca Sativa Seed (Woju Zi) (Treats sprain Qi, combine with Millet, Mume Fructus, Olibanum, and Myrrha to make pills.) Luffae Viminalis Radix (Sigua Gen) (Treats sprain, roast, grind, take with wine. Seeds are also good. Apply residue externally.) Benincasae Exocarpium (Donggua Pi) (Treats trauma, roast, grind, take with wine.) [Fruit and Tree Category] Citrullus Lanatus Exocarpium (Xigua Pi) (Treats sprain, dry grind, take with wine.) Citrus Aurantium Semen (Cheng He) (Treats sprain, roast into powder, take with wine.) Citrus Aurantium Fructus Immaturus (Ju He) (Treats Kidney Zhu.) Tangerine Green Peel (Qing Ju Pi) (Treats Qi stagnation.) Peach Owl? Tao Xiao (Dried Peach Fruit?), Dried Lacquer (Ganqi) [Insect and Shell Category] Red Ladybug (Hongniangzi) (Invigorates blood together.) Softshell Turtle Meat (Bierou) (Treats female blood mass lower back pain.) Alligator Skeleton (Tuojia) (Treats heavy pain in the waist.)

【External Treatment】 Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guizhi) (For reverse blood pain in the waist, mix with vinegar and apply.) White Sandalwood (Baitanxiang) (Treats Kidney Qi lower back pain, grind with water and apply.) Mustard Seed (Jiezi) (Treats Phlegm accumulation and contusion pain, mix with wine and apply.) Cat Excrement (Maoshi) (Roast into powder, mix with saliva and apply.) Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) (Boil with Pinelliae Rhizoma and Asari Radix et Rhizoma, apply heat compress.) Soybean (Dadou), Glutinous Rice (Nuomi) (Both stir-fry, apply heat compress for Cold-Damp pain.) Fern Stem? Shuodi (Fern Rhizome/Stem). Treats Cold-Damp pain, stir-fry hot and apply. Yellow Dog Skin (Huang Gou Pi) (Wrap around lower back.) Commelina Communis (Juechuang), Vitis Root (Putao Gen) (Both wash for lumbar spine pain.)

(Abdominal disease is called Shan (Hernia), Pill disease is called ... [Text missing]. Causes include Cold Qi, Damp-Heat, Phlegm Accumulation, Blood Stasis, Deficiency-Cold. Male Ben Tun, Female Yu Chang, Infant Mu Shen)

【Cold Qi】 [Grass Category] Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi), Aconiti Radix (Wutou) (Treats Cold Shan with reversal cold, wiry-tight pulse, decoct water, add honey and take, or boil with honey to make pills; for Cold Shan with slippery discharge, combine with Corydalis Rhizoma and Costi Rhizoma, decoct and take.) Grass Wutou (Caowutou) (Treats Heart Shan due to Cold Qi for twenty years, combine with Evodiae Fructus to make pills.) Fabae Vulgaris Semen Praeparatum (Huluba) (Combine with Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Sulfur to make pills, treat Kidney deficiency cold pain; get Foeniculi Fructus and Persicam Semen, treat Bladder Qi; roast into powder, take with Foeniculi Fructus wine, treat Small Intestine Qi; combine with Foeniculi Fructus and flour to make pills, treat Cold Qi Shan Mass; combine with Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, Costi Rhizoma, and Foeniculi Fructus, take as pills, treat Yin ... swelling and pain.) Maliana Seed (Malanzi) (Treats lower abdominal Shan pain and cold accumulation, grind into powder, take with wine, or mix with flour and cook.) Aquila? No, Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum? No, Mugwort? No, Mugwort is Aiye. Here is Mugwort? No, here is "Mu Xiang" (Costi Rhizoma). Treats Small Intestine Hernia Qi, decoct wine and drink daily; infant scrotal swelling, combine with Aurantii Fructus Immaturus and Glycyrrhizae Radix, decoct and take.) Corydalis Rhizoma (Yanhusuo) (Scatter Qi and invigorate blood, unblock meridians, stop lower abdominal pain. Combine with Scorpio (Quanxie) in equal parts, take with salt water.) Folium Artemisiae Argyi (Ai Ye) (Treats all Cold Qi lower abdominal pain, combine with Cyperi Rhizoma, vinegar-boil into pills, has ... [Text incomplete]) [Fruit and Tree Category] Foeniculi Fructus (Huixiang) (Treats Hernia Qi, Bladder, Yu Chang Qi, decoct wine, cook porridge, both good. Combine with Almond and Scallion white, grind into powder, take with wine. Also combine with Silkworm Sand to make pills. Combine with Lychee powder. Combine with Sichuan Pepper powder. Stir-fry hot and apply to below navel.) Scallion Juice (Xiebai Zhi), Quince (Mugua) (Both treat Ben Tun.) Citrus Aurantium Fructus Immaturus (Ju He) (Treats Bladder and Small Intestine Qi, Cold Yin/Kidney, roast, grind, take with wine, or make pills.) Litchi Semen (Lizhi He) (Treats Small Intestine Hernia Qi, take with roasted wine, or add Foeniculi Fructus and Tangerine Green Peel. Yin ..., combine with Sulfur to make pills.) Juglans regia (Hetao) (Treats Heart/Abdomen Shan pain, roast, grind, take with wine.) Arecae Semen (Binglang) (Treats Ben Tun Bladder various Qi, half raw half cooked, take with wine.) Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu) (Treats Cold Shan coming and going, decoct wine and take. Si Zhi Wan takes, treat distant/near Hernia Qi, ptosis various Qi.) Piper Longum (Hujiao) (Treats Shan pain, scatter Qi and open depression, combine with Corydalis Rhizoma powder in equal parts, take with Foeniculi Fructus wine.) Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao), Olive Pit (Ganlan He) (Treats Yin .... Combine with Lychee Pit and Hawthorn Pit, roast and take.) Chestnut Root (Ligen) (Treats Ptosis Qi, decoct wine and take.) Euryales Semen Root? Qian Gen (Treats Ptosis Qi Mass, cut and cook to eat.) Persicam Semen (Taoren) (Treats male scrotal swelling, infant testicles ..., roast, grind, take with wine, still apply externally.) Hawthorn Pit (Shanzha He) (Treats ptosis swelling and pain, cook wine and take.) Broussonetia Leaf (Chuye) (Treats Hernia Qi entering sac, grind into powder, take with wine; Mu Shen, combine with Realgar to make pills.) Asafetida (awei) (Treats ... Shan pain,败精恶血 (bad semen and evil blood) knotting in scrotum, combine with ... Sha (Sal Ammoniac?) various herbs, make pills, one pill per year old, roast, grind, take with wine.) Rat Plum? Shu Lizi (Treats Shan Mass accumulated cold, nine steams, soak in wine and take.) Iron Scale Hammer (Tie Chengchui) (Treats Shan swelling, roast, quench in wine and take.) Ancient Mirror (Gu Jing) (Treats infant Shan hardness, decoct juice and take.) Sal Ammoniac (Naoshan) (Treats Hernia Qi scrotal swelling, combine with Olibanum and Beeswax to make pills.) [Insect/Scale Category] Earwig? Qu Sou (Earwig). (Treats Hernia Qi.) Spider (Zhizhu) (Treats adult/infant ... Fox Hernia with size difference, roast until charred, combine with Cinnamomi Ramulus powder and take.) Gecko (Xi Yi) (Treats infant Yin ..., roast to ash, take with wine.) Bagrid Fish (Dufu Yu) (Treats infant drooping testicle, nucleus has size difference, let fish bite it, seven bites then subsides.) Mytilus Edulis (Dancai) (Treats lower back pain and Shan Mass.) [Bird/Beast Category] Black Chicken (Wuji), Chicken Wing (Jichi) (Treats scrotal swelling like a bean, roast according to left/right side, grind to ash and drink.) Sparrow (Que) (Treats Kidney cold ptosis Hernia Qi, combine with Fennel, Cardamom, Pepper, Cinnamon and roast to eat, take with wine. Small Intestine Hernia, combine with Gold Thread Alum, grind, take with wine.) Sparrow Egg, Sparrow Dropping (Que Shi) (Both treat Shan Mass.) Crow (Wuya) (Treats ptosis Hernia Qi, ... grind, combine with Walnut and Xanthium Fructus powder, take with wine.) Fox Penis, Civet Cat Penis (Li Yinxian) (Treats male testicles ..., roast to ash, water ... [Text incomplete])

【Damp-Heat】 [Grass Category] Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin) (Treats lower abdominal colic, urination like strangury, combine with Tetrapanacis Medulla and Glycyrrhizae Radix, decoct and take.) Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu) (Pacifies Liver/Gallbladder, San Jiao Fire, treats Hernia Qi with chills/fever.) Gentianae Radix (Longdan) (Treats Jueyin disease, pain/swelling from umbilicus to foot.) Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix (Danshen) (Unblocks Pericardium Collateral.) Adenophorae Radix (Shashen), Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen) (Both treat sudden Hernia Qi, pulling pain between lower abdomen and Yin region wanting death, each take two qian with wine.) Kochiae Spica (Difuzi) (Treats Bladder Shan Mass. In critical Hernia, roast, grind, take with wine; Fox Hernia Yin/Testicle ... disease, combine with Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma and Cinnamomi Ramulus powder and take.) Verbena Officinalis Herba (Mabiancao) (Treats female Hernia Qi, decoct in wine, take hot, still bathe body to induce sweat.) Notopterygii Rhizoma (Qianghuo) (Treats male Ben Tun, female Shan Mass.) Sargassum (Haizao) (Treats Hernia Qi sinking, scrotal swelling.) Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizoma (Ben), Cnidii Fructus (Shechuangzi), Dictamni Cortex (Baixianpi) (All treat female Shan Mass.) Alismatis Rhizoma (Zexie), House Drainage Water? Wu You (Algae on house roof?) [Cereals/Veg] Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou) (All treat Small Intestine, Bladder, Ben Tun Qi.) Lactuca Sativa Seed (Woju Zi) (Treats Yin ... swelling/pain, grind into powder, decoct and take.) Loofah (Sigua) (Treats Small Intestine Qi pain connecting to heart, roast, grind, take with wine.) [Fruit/Tree] Pear Leaf (Liyè) (Treats infant Shan pain, decoct and take.) Gardenia Fruit (Zhizi) (Treats Damp-Heat, due to Cold Qi depression, coercive medicine, use Zhizi to drain Damp-Heat, Aconite to remove Cold depression, guide to Lower Jiao, not staying in Stomach, effective.) Apricot Kernel (Xingren), Plum Root Bark (Gan Li Gen Pi), Paulownia Bark (Tongmu Pi), Chebula Terminalia (Helilei) [Water/Stone] Glabrous Water? Ganlan Shui (Glabrous Water). (All treat Ben Tun Qi.) Hematitum (Daizheshi) (Treats Small Intestine Hernia Qi, roast in vinegar, grind and take.) Ilmenite (Yuyuliang) (Treats Yu Chang Qi pain, grind into powder and drink.)

【Phlegm Accumulation】 [Grass/Wood] Pharbitidis Semen (Qianniu) (Treats Kidney Qi pain, combine with Sichuan Pepper and Fennel, put in Pig Kidney and roast to eat, discharge evil matter.) Belamcandae Rhizoma (Shegan) (Benefits accumulated phlegm, blood stasis, Shan toxin. Yin Shan stabbing pain, crush juice and take, promote drainage, also make pills.) Rheum Palmatum (Dahuang) (Treats lower abdominal pain, old blood retention.) Kansui Radix (Gansui) (Treats Shan Mass. Ptosis Qi, combine with Fennel powder and take with wine.) Stellerae Chamaejasme Radix (Yelangdu) (Treats Yin Shan wanting death, combine with Saposhnikoviae Radix and Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, make pills.) Schizonepetae Spica (Jingjie) (Breaks condensed Qi, discharges blood stasis. Yin ... swelling/pain, roast into powder, take with wine.) Typhae Pollen (Puhuang) (Combine with Trogopterori Faeces (Wulingzhi), treat all Shan pain.) Burrett's Samara? Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma). (Breaks accumulation.) Curcuma Zedoaria (Peng'ezhu) (Breaks ... mass, female Blood/Qi, male Ben Tun. All Qi pain, Shan pain, roast, grind, take with Scallion and wine.) Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu Zi) (Treats Food Accumulation Phlegm Qi Shan pain, combine with Haishi powder, take with Ginger juice.) Phytolaccae Radix (Shanglu), Arisaema Rhizoma (Tiannanxing), Fritillariae Bulbus (Beimu), Genkwa Flos (Yuanhua), Glehniae Radix (Fang Kui), Crotonis Fructus (Badou), Dried Lacquer (Ganqi), Acanthopanacis Senticosi Cortex (Wujia Pi), Rhamni Fructus (Shuli), Hawthorn (Shanzha) (Pit same.) Zhi Shi (Take powder.) Tangerine Green Peel (Qing Ju Pi) (All treat Shan Mass accumulated Qi.) Fabae Vulgaris Semen Praeparatum (Huluba) (Treats Small Intestine Hernia, combine with Fennel and Buckwheat flour to make pills, discharge white pus, remove root.) [Insect/Beast] Mylabris (Banmao) (Treats Small Intestine Qi, wrap in Jujube, roast and eat.) Vipa (Yanqing), Ge Dan, Mantis Egg Case (Sangpiaoxiao), Sparrow Dropping (Quefen), Trogopterori Faeces (Wulingzhi) (All treat Shan Mass.)

【Accompanying Deficiency】 Glycyrrhizae Radix (Gancao) (Slows Fire and stops pain.) Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu) (Shan is mostly Damp-Heat, those with accompanying deficiency, first clear/drain, then use Ginseng and Atractylodes, assist with dredging. Deficiency damage ptosis, Si Zhi Cangzhu Wan.) Calamus Arrow? Chi Jian (Aristolochiae Manshuriensis Radix? Or Calamus?). Combine with Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Paeoniae Radix Alba (All treat Shan Mass, search Liver and stop pain.) Corni Fructus, Morinda Officinalis Radix (Baji), Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi), Moutan Cortex (All treat Ben Tun Cold Qi.) Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang) (Treats urgent pain below umbilicus.) Pig Bladder (Zhu Pao) (Treats Hernia Qi dragging pain, put various herbs and cook to eat.)

【Yin ...】 [External Treatment] Kochiae Spica (Difuzi), Wild Perilla (Yesu), Sophora Flavescens Bark? No, Huai Baipi (Sophorae Tonkinensis Cortex). (All decoct soup and wash.) Verbena Officinalis Herba (Mabiancao), Rheum Palmatum (Dahuang) (Mix with vinegar.) Kaolin? Bai'e Tu (White Earth). (All apply.) Tribuli Fructus (Jili) (Powder massage.) Amaranthus Root (Xiangen) (Apply to cold pain below Yin, enters abdomen kills person. ... Hot ash symptom, mix with vinegar and apply.) Soil under Cauldron Moon? Fu Yue Xia Tu (Soil collected under a cauldron on the moonless night). (Same as above.) Pulsatilla Radix (Baitouweng) (Crush and apply, becomes sore overnight, heals in twenty days.) Hibiscus Mutabilis (Mufurong) (Combine with Phellodendri Cortex powder, grind Mumiezi with vinegar, mix and apply.) Realgar Powder (Xionghuang Fen) (Water ... Mix with Dried Ginger powder ... (Cold Qi, internal/external Kidney hooking pain, mix with salt, grind and apply.) Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao) (Cold Yin gradually enters sac, wanting death, make bag to wrap.)